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No. 498,965. Patented June 6, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS \V. TRIMBY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,965, dated June 6, 1893.

Application filed October 1 2, 1889. Serial No. 326,805. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS.W.TRIMBY, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention is an improved hand-turned shoe, the same being hereinafter fully described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings Figure l is a cross section of a portion of the sole of my improved shoe, with contiguous parts, taken on thedotted line 00, in Fig. 2; Fig.2, a side elevation of the toe of the shoe; Fig.3, a portion of the inside of the sole with a part of the cork broken away, and Fig. 4, alongitudinal section of the ball'portion of the shoe, showing the pocket for the cork.

Referring to the parts shown in the drawings A, is the sole of the shoe, it being substantially of common form, having an edgechannel or feather, a, and aninner channel, b, to stitch from.

. c, is the upper of the shoe, d, the cork sole.

and e, the rand, which being filled and folded forms the bead, f, Fig. 2, of the finished shoe.

g, is the common or sock lining, covering the cork sole, and h, is the ordinarylining of the upper of the shoe.

The rand e, is a strip of leather, like the upper leather of the shoe, folded longitudinally over a core, 1', which is preferably a strip or string of leather. After the rand is thus folded it is stitched, or the sides are stuck together with some adhesive substance so as to hold it 'in place over the core. It is then placed around the edge of the toe-portion of the sole of the shoe, in the channel a, as shown in Fig. 1, forming a bead, f, just above and before being stitched, asis common in manufacturing turned shoes.

The filled rand not only serves to ornament the finished shoe butit serves also to keep the part of the upper leather next the sole high above the ground and out of the'dirt and mud, and'to protect it from wear.

Thus constructed the soft cork sole, which comes next the foot of the wearer except as to the sock lining, forms a cushion for the foot, giving to the latter an easy rest in the shoe. The cork sole, while it does not interfere with the flexibleness of the sole of the shoe, keeps dampness from working upward through the leather sole to the foot.

The cork sole extends back from the toe only to the ball of the foot and it overhangs at its edge the edge-channel a, of the sole, as

shown in Fig. 1, but I prefer to form it so that it shall not reach outward quite as far as the edge In, of the sole.

The sock lining is divided transversely at the ball of the sole, as shown at 0, Fig. 4. and the sheet of cork is pushed in under the toeportion of the said lining and cemented thereto after the shoe is stitched and before it is turned, the lining forming a sort of pocketm in which to receive the cork.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A shoe comprisinga sole formed with an edgechannel, in combination with a rand placed in said channel, the upper leather of the shoe, a sheet of cork overhanging the edge-channel, and a sock-lining, said lining, rand, upper leather and sole being fastened together, substantially as described.

2. A shoe comprising, in addition to the upper leather, a sole, a slip of cork, and a sock lining, the latter being divided transversely at the ball of the shoe to form a pocket or receptacle for the cork, substantially as shown and described.

3. A shoe comprising a sole formed with a longitudinal channel or depression at its edge, and an inner channel, I), a longitudinally folded rand placed in said edge channel or denected to the outer sole by stitches extending in a substantially horizontal direction from the channel outward through the edge of the sole, and a sock lining secured at its edges inside the shoe, and forming a pocket to receive and retain an insole, substantially as described.

5. In a shoe, the combination of an upper, an outer sole having a channel and a grooved edge, the upper being connected to the outer sole by stitches extending in a substantially horizontal direction from the channel outward through the edge of the sole, a rand or welt in the groove in the edge of the sole, and a sock lining secured at its edges inside the 

